Five Feet Apart” book review by Kavya Chunduru

Five Feet Apart” book review by Kavya Chunduru

 The book, “Five Feet Apart” follows Stella, a girl with Cystic Fibrosis, a condition when your lungs are extremely weak and your body can’t handle bacteria. 2 people with CF are extremely dangerous to one another because their bodies might spread bacteria to each other and worsen the situation. Stella meets Will in the hospital and they both instantly become close. The only problem is that both of them have CF. Stella is due to a lung transplant in a couple months and her being near Will would make her lungs deteriorate. The story is about how the two work around their conditions and start to fall in love. I think that this book was a really good book. The author knew how to add anguish into the story by not letting the main characters be able to be around each other like normal people. Stella is extremely dedicated to making her life better. She takes all her treatments like planned and makes sure to wear masks everywhere she goes. Will doesn’t care about his CF and lives his life like he doesn;t have a disease. Because of this, he is a huge risk to Stella. In the end, Stella falls into a lake and Will has to perform CPR on her. To do this, he had to be near her and breach the 5 feet apart rule. They call an ambulance and he realizes that he’s going to be the reason Stella dies if he stays with her. They find out that Stella was fine from Will being near her but he can’t do it again. Will realizes that he doesn’t want to put Stella’s life in danger and leaves the hospital to travel the world. The ending of this story is really tragic because it's not a happy ending. The author ends the book with Will telling Stella that he has to leave but the readers understand that this would be the last time she’s seeing him because he was going to die within a couple months. I would rate this book 4.5/5 stars because it was a really good book, but some of the details the author wrote about CF aren’t factual.